Figurative Language Quiz
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This term means to use a strong exaggeration:
A. personification
B. idiom
C. onomatopoeia
D. hyperbole
Mrs. Chaudoir is older than dirt.
A. hyperbole
B. simile
C. idiom
D. onomatopoeia
I am dying of shame is an example of…
A. Metaphor
B. Personification
C. Simile
D. Hyperbole
“My backpack weighs a ton,” is an example of?
A. metaphore
B. idiom
C. alliteration
D. hyperbole
Repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words
A. personification
B. hyperbole
C. alliteration
Which of these is an example of hyperbole.
A. Tod was as sleepy as a bear.
B. Bam! The door slammed shut after a gust of wind came up.
C. Mr. Sal had to remove a desk because one of its legs was broken.
D. Tammy nearly starved to death because she skipped breakfast.
Happy Harry handles handsprings horribly.
A. Alliteration
B. Idiom
C. Hyperbole
D. Onomatopoeia
Where human characteristics, such as thoughts, feelings or actions, are given to something non-human.
A. idiom
B. alliteration
C. personification
D. simile
She is an early bird is an example of _______
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Hyperbole
“It was as big as an elephant,” is an example of?
A. simile
B. metaphor
C. idiom
D. hyperbole
I waited a million years for my ride to get to the house.
A. alliteration
B. repetition
C. idiom
D. hyperbole
The US flag represents freedom.
A. Imagery
B. Allusion
C. Hyperbole
D. Symbolism
“What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young.” (George Bernard Shaw)
A. Onomatopoeia
B. Imagery
C. Paradox
D. Hyperbole
Her smile was a mile wide.
This is an example of:
A. Personification
B. Simile
C. Idiom
D. Hyperbole
A figure of speech in which and object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
A. personification
B. alliteration
C. hyperbole
D. anecdote
“Piper piped a pepper”
A. alliteration
B. hyperbole
“The stars will cry.” The kind of figurative language used here is _______
A. Metaphor
B. Personification
C. Alliteration
D. Onomatopoeia
I have went over this homework assignment with you over 1,000th times. “Over a 1,000 times” is an example of a/an _______.
A. Personification
B. Hyperbole
C. Simile
D. Metaphor
“His stomach is a bottomless pit,” is an example of?
A. metaphore
B. simile
C. hyperbole
D. alliteration
“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,” is an example of what?
A. personification
B. alliteration
C. metaphor
D. simile
What type of figurative language is shown?
She was so sad that all the tears she cried filled up a lake.
A. hyperbole
B. oxymoron
C. alliteration
D. onomatopoeia
Don’t be a stick in the mud!
A. Idiom
B. Personification
C. Simile
D. Conflict
Hit the hay.
A. allusion
B. idiom
C. hyperbole
D. metaphor
My brother is such a pig when he eats.
This is an example of:
A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Personification
D. Idiom
Life is like a box of chocolates you never know what you’re going to get. The underlined statement “life is like a box of chocolates is an example, of a/an_______.
A. Personification
B. Hyperbole
C. Simile
D. Metaphor
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